I found these on YouTube today
Laugh with me, and watch some of the other skits by this British comedian.
Apparently, Nigerian traffic wardens in Britain speak in unnecessarily grand English while at work.
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Temitayo at http://YourWebsite
So funny…so true…quite Igbo!
Posted at April 22, 2010 on 10:49pm.
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Jaycee at http://www.lightherlamp.com
I don’t know why these videos rub me off the wrong way. Maybe it’s just me trying really hard not to laugh
Posted at April 22, 2010 on 10:52pm.
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Betty Boop at http://YourWebsite
I have a question. I am Ghanaian, but i’ve often heard my naija friends say “I laugh in Igbo”, or “I laugh in Ibibio” or “I laugh in Esan”…. I sort of get what it means….but what does it mean? What’s the origin?
Posted at April 23, 2010 on 8:46am.
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Kola Tubosun at http://www.ktravula.com
Beside the joke in laughing in imagining what it is like to laugh a different language, I don’t think there’s anymore to it. It’s just like saying “I laugh in Swiss German.” Although I don’t know what that sounds like, the possibility already makes me smile.
Posted at April 23, 2010 on 8:57am.
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Betty Boop at http://YourWebsite
Oh. Thanks! Then I guess I’ll can start laughing in Pidgin then!
Posted at April 23, 2010 on 1:17pm.
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Bukola at http://YourWebsite
Lol @ Nigerianitis!
Posted at April 24, 2010 on 10:55am.